^2:13Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain⁴⁷ was very great.⁴⁸

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Footnotes

47 The word כְּאֵב (ké’ev) means “pain”—both mental and physical pain. The translation of “grief” captures only part of its emphasis.
48 The three friends went into a more severe form of mourning, one that is usually reserved for a death. E. Dhorme says it is a display of grief in its most intense form (Job, 23); for one of them to speak before the sufferer spoke would have been wrong.
49 The previous chapters (1–2) were prose narrative, this chapter, however, commences the poetic section of the book (chs. 3–41) containing the cycles of speeches.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to Job, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very great.

KJV 1900King James Version

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

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